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Defining Success

Success is marked by the accomplishment of a task or the meeting of a goal.

If you don't set a goal, you will find yourself hard pressed to determine whether you've been successful. This is where many people struggle.

They don't do a great job of setting goals.

I know you probably have a whole list of goals you've been working towards since you were young. The problem with most goals outside of the standard ones is that they're too vague and ultimately impractical.

Here are some of the standard american goals (from what Im told and from what I read from social media...):

1. Go to college

2. Get a job

3. Buy a car

4. Buy a house

5. Vacation on a tropical island

These goals are all fairly tangible.

You can easily determine what it takes to accomplish each one and then do those things. You're often given a social blueprint to use.

Plus everyone around you is often pursuing these same goals.

Even if they're not extremely important to you, achieving them can be as easy as following the crowd.

However, if you're reading this. I'm pretty sure that you've either already accomplished all of these goals or are in the process of doing so.

I'm also fairly certain that going to a tropical island isn't something you consider outside of your comfort zone. Unless that tropical island has a nude beach you want to visit ;)

So I feel very comfortable saying that the goals that inspired you are probably too vague, broad or ultimately impractical.